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J. H. AUDOUN. Closing and Sealing Device.

No. 226,219. Patented'April 6, I880.

"WITNEEEEE? INVENTIIFF" IINTTED STATES JOSEPH H. AUDOUN, OF BALTIMORE, MARYLAND.

CLOSING AND SEALING DEVICE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 226,219, dated April 6, 1880,

Application filed December 1, 1879.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, JOSEPH H. AUDOUN, of the city ofBaltimore and State of Maryland, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sealing Devices, of which the following is a specification; and I do hereby declare that in the same is contained a full, clear, and exact description of my said invention, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to certain improvements in that class of closing and sealing devices adapted for attachment to barrels, cans, and various other receptacles to which aplastic seal is applied to indicate tampering or meddling with the same, as will hereinafter fully appear.

In the further description of my said invention which follows reference is made to the accompanying drawin gs, formingapart hereof, and in which- Figures 1, 2, and 3 are, respectively, an under-side view, a plan, and a sectional side view of the device as arranged for application to a can or head of a barrel.

Similar letters of reference indicate similar parts in all the views.

A is the fixed member of the device, consisting of aring, which may either be attached to the vessel by being screwed into it or by means of rivets or screws, in which case it is provided with perforated lugs a, as indicated in Figs. 1 and 2. The removable member of the device, which consists of a cap, is represented by B. The ring A is provided with inclined projections I) on the lower edge thereof, and the cap B with laterally-extended lugs c, having inclined inner faces, which lugs, after the cap is inserted in the ring and turned, engage with the inclined projections aforesaid and draw the said cap tightly to a flange in the ring. The joint thus made is rendered water or air tight by interposing a gasket of leather, india-rubber, or similar material between the faces of the cap and ring.

lt will be seen that the top of the cap B is below the upper edge of the ring A, which construction admits ofa seal of plaster-of-paris, wax, or other plastic material being formed over the cap, and in such manner as to protect it from accidental detachment in transportation of the barrel or can to which the device is secured.

After the seal is made, and before the same is set, it is stamped with a proprietary mark or with the name of the shipper.

It will be readily understood that, should an examination of the seal show the same to be unbroken or unaltered, the receiver can accept the package as one the contents of which have not been subjected to inspection during transportation.

I partition off a part of the upper surface of the cap by means of a rib, d, and apply the seal to the space inclosed by the rib, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3.

I apply a bolt, 6, to the device, which is made to enter depressions or perforations in the edge of the ring A, and cover the said bolt with the seal. By this means the withdrawal of the bolt, which is necessary to the removal of the cap, cannot be accomplished without first breaking or removing the seal.

I claim as my invention- The cap B, provided'with the rib (1 and bolt 6, combined with the'ring A, the said ring being notched or perforated to receive the said bolt, substantially as herein set forth.

JOSEPH H. AUDOUN. 

